Help Identifying old coin

Please see attached images. Looks arabic. Diameter is approx 35-40mm.

Any help appreciated, thanks

 

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looks like Egypt. brb

 

Thanks, whats brb?

 

Looks Ottoman to me. Probably Turkey?

 

Be right back. Master Yoda probably went to look it up.

 

in my 19th century Krause world catalog
Egypt KM#248 , denomination- 40 para (quirsh) , weight 24.0000g , size-37mm
metal-copper
date: AH1277//10(1869) mintage-? F-$3.00 VF-$10.00 XF-$30.00 UNC-$100

 

I am guessing your grade of this coin is a (F)-Fine maybe $3.00 but it's cleaned so not sure what the value is ??? nice early date. cool coin.

 

Wow, thanks for the speedy response spirityoda! Its a bit of a family heirloom as my great grandmother found it on the side of the road when she was walking to school, in Wales of all places! We've been wondering what it was for years, so many thanks

 

Well, I got the date. How did you recognize it as Egyptian right away?

 

well I collect some Egypt coins. so it looked very familiar to me.
here's a Turkey coin I got recently at my local coin shop:



this looks very similar to Egypt coins, but is not.

 

your very welcome. your great grandmother was very lucky finding that coin. the stories that coin could tell (how it got there). the story is worth much more than the coin itself.

 

here's a better pic of his coin in better grade (not my coin) anyhow that signature squiggly thing in the middle of the coin is usually a dead give away to me that it's from Egypt.

added info... other coins from Turkey have this same design. sorry I mislead you at first. ya learn as you go.

 

here's the reverse side of his coin right side up of another coin like his (not mine)

 

So I found out the squiggly thing is called a Tughra. Is that the Sultans name? I figured out the date on the reverse, what else is on there?

Sorry Micwil, I guess I've hijacked your post. Just curious

 

my guess it is some ones name. I am not sure but my guess would be the denomination of the coin 40 para (quirsh)

 

my bad. my coin is from Turkey as another member pointed it out to me. and he is correct. sorry.

 

Ottoman 1876

 

cool coin.